For RB Najee Harris, it’s normally the group in front of him doing the blocking. But with a talented runner like QB Justin Fields, sometimes the tables are turned. On a handful of designed QB runs last Sunday in the Steelers’ loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Harris served as the lead man for Fields, a task Harris happily accepts in the pursuit of victory.
“I put my foot in a pile,” Harris said via the team’s Twitter/X account. “That’s what Mike T[omlin] said. Just put your foot in a pile. Lead blocking for Justin, whatever could open him up and doing this something else that he’s good at other than passing the ball.